Reflexometry and hormone function
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period measured by sensors in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response;
storing the pre-firing interval in a memory of a computer;
determining a firing interval representing a second time period measured by sensors in which the reflex response is initiated and concluded;
determining a time function by subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval using a computer program; and
correlating the time function to a hormone function.
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Abstract
A method including measuring time periods in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and a reflex response is observed. A method including determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation. An apparatus including a striking instrument capable of delivering a kinetic energy to a reflex point of a subject; and a measurement instrument capable of being coupled to a subject and measuring a reflex response. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method including determining time periods in which a reflex point is struck and a reflex response is observed. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method including determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period measured by sensors in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response; storing the pre-firing interval in a memory of a computer; determining a firing interval representing a second time period measured by sensors in which the reflex response is initiated and concluded; determining a time function by subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval using a computer program; and correlating the time function to a hormone function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a striking instrument capable of delivering a kinetic energy to a reflex point of a subject; a measurement instrument capable of being coupled to a subject and measuring a reflex response; a processor comprising a memory and a machine-readable storage medium having a machine-readable program embodied therein comprising; (1) instructions for determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and an initiation of the stimulation of the reflex point is sent to the brain of a subject to initiate a reflex response; (2) instructions for determining a firing interval representing a second time period in which the reflex point of a subject having been struck and an initiation of a reflex response to the conclusion of the subject'"'"'s reflex response; and (3) instructions for subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method comprising:
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determining time periods in which a reflex point is struck and a reflex response is observed wherein the time periods include a pre-firing interval representing a time period in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response and a firing interval representing a time period in which the reflex response is initiated and concluded; and determining a time function by subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval; and correlating the time function to a hormone function. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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